Düsseldorf yacht club
The Düsseldorf Yacht Club (DYC) was founded in Düsseldorf in 1908 , making it the second oldest sailing club in North Rhine-Westphalia .
history
The Düsseldorf Yacht Club was founded as the Düsseldorf Sailing and Motorboat Club Ahoi in 1908. Gustav Anger, Franz Hüveler, Gustav Melcher and August Peters had sent the invitation to the establishment, which took place in the Düsseldorf Hotel “Römischer Kaiser” , on August 27, 1908. In the beginning, the club had 45 members and twelve boats. The association initiated the construction of a marina north of the Golzheim island . The decision to do so was taken by the Düsseldorf city council on October 13, 1908. In 1909 the marina was opened with the barge “Peter” and four berths. Sports competitions took place early on; In 1911 the club hosted the first open regatta on the Rhine from Benrath to Düsseldorf . In 1922, together with other sailing clubs, the first Rhine week was organized on the route from Andernach to Emmerich .
In 1935 the "Rheinische Motoryachtclub" and the DYC merged.
In the years before World War II, Carl Jacobi was chairman of the DYC. Jacobi was also a regional representative for North Rhine-Westphalia on the board of the German Sailing Association . At the end of 1945 Hermann Römer was elected chairman.
organization
The DYC is run by a volunteer board. In addition, there are members of the extended board who take care of the organization of regattas, driving competitions and youth training.
In 2011 the DYC had around 500 members, around 20 percent of whom are youth and junior members.
Sailing
DYC members won the German championship in the boat classes Starboot , Flying Dutchman , Laser , 470 , 505 and the European championship in the 505.
Honorary member Willi Illbruck was particularly successful in the maritime areas with several ships called Pinta . At the beginning of 1998 Willi and his son Michael started the first professional German participation in the Volvo (ex Whitbread) Round the World Race , which was also won in 2002 with the Illbruck .
DYC cruising sailors, such as Gerd Müller and Klaus Hympendahl , have circumnavigated the world several times and won numerous prizes; For example, in 1992 Wolfgang Laermann was awarded the Baltic Sea Cup by the Royal Danish Yacht Club, a trophy that has only been awarded twice since 1976.
The DYC maintains an opti group for training youngsters, as well as pirate, 420 and H-boat class boats for juniors. In 1995 the DYC was awarded the “Green Ribbon” for exemplary youth work.
The DYC acts as an organizer in the traditional regattas on the Rhine and in rotation with other clubs during the Rhine Week, and is also a co-organizer of the North Sea Week. Since 2008, the DYC has been organizing an ORC regatta on the IJsselmeer, the DYC Cup , over Corpus Christi .
In 1996 the DYC hosted a German championship for the first time in the star boat class. It was not only a novelty for the DYC, because the area was the secret home area of many West German sailors, the IJsselmeer . The first joint German and Dutch championship was organized together with the Royal Yacht Club Hollandia. The idea of holding a German championship on a foreign territory was a welcome change in the everyday business of officials, especially for the two national associations. Under the patronage of Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Prime Minister Wim Kok , Markus Reger and Thorsten Helmert were the first joint German-Dutch champions to win the title.
In 2002 the DYC was able to host another championship in Medemblik, the International German Puppy Championship in Optimists.
Motor boating
The DYC maintains a motorboat department that also successfully competes. The “ Pavillon d'Or ”, a long-distance competition for motor yachts recognized by the UIM , was organized three times by the DYC. The first event took place in 1953 at the instigation of the then chairman Römers, the second in 1961, the third in 1978. The event in 1961 was won by Oskar Trost from Düsseldorf, a member of the DYC.
Philipp Kinzler started from 1991 to 1995 in the racing boat class OSY-400 (400 cm³ series engine), in 1992 he became German champion.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Düsseldorfer Yachtclub eV: History , website in the portal dyc.de , accessed on May 22, 2016
- ↑ a b c Hermann Römer † in: Die Yacht (Bielefeld), supplement to issue 7/1963, p. V
- ^ Carl Jacobi † in: Die Yacht (Bielefeld), supplement to issue 6/1963, p. IV
- ^ Messages from the DMYV in: Die Yacht (Bielefeld), supplement to issue 2/1962, p. III
Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 59.1 ″ N , 6 ° 45 ′ 25.4 ″ E